Del Bosque: Messi Should’ve Won Golden Ball
There are those that feel Lionel Messi was a disappointment in South Africa. There are those who feel he was good, but not great. And there are those who feel he was simply the best player at the tournament.
Toss Vicente Del Bosque into that latter category, because if he was in charge he’d be snatching...
Forlan thankful for Golden Ball
Perhaps the only story more romantic than Ghana’s deep run into this summer’s World Cup was the sensational form of a sleeping football giant: Uruguay. Backed by the excellent form of strikers Luis Suarez and a reignited Diego Forlan, Uruguay finished in fourth place, putting the South Americans back on the map.
Not only are they...
World Cup 2010 Awards (official FIFA ones, not ours)
With all the World Cup action over and all the votes tallied, the World Cup awards can now be handed out. And there’s a lot of gold to go around. There’s the Golden Ball for best player (plus silver and bronze for runners up), the Golden Boot for top scorer, the Golden Glove (just one,...
Diego Forlan Wins Adidas Golden Ball For Best Player
Heading into the final, when most votes were likely already tabulated, it was going to take a massive swing from either David Villa, Xavi, Wesley Sneijder or Arjen Robben – the nominated finalists – to steal the Golden Ball away from the tournament’s best player, Diego Forlan.
Didn’t happen.
Diego Forlan won the adidas Golden Ball from...
World Cup Golden Ball Nominees
We posted the live stream of the Golden Ball nominees announcement earlier today, and you can go back to that post to see video of Jérôme Valcke list the 10 players in contention for the title of best player at World Cup 2010.
Or… you can just read below where I’ve typed them into a good...
Live Stream of World Cup Golden Ball Shortlist Announcement
UPDATE: The nominees have been chosen and are listed here
The 10 adidas Golden Ball nominees for best player at World Cup 2010 will (I’ve been told) be announced at 6am eastern time today. You can watch the announcement live in the video feed at the foot of this post.
The shortlist is decided by FIFA’s technical...
